Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Calneh?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Tayinat.

First appears in Isaiah 10:9 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Tayinat.

Calneh is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Tayinat. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Isaiah 10:9 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 304 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 396 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 399 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 406 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 455 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Calneh today

Travel to Calneh, the modern-day Tell Tayinat.

Calneh is commonly identified with Tell Tayinat, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Calneh is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tell Tayinat

36.248°N · 36.376°E

Key passages

Appears in

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Amos

1 chapter · 1 verse mention